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H6120 עָקֵב (ʻâqêb) aw-kabe'

Hebrew
Adjective (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

supplanting

Strong's Definition

a lier in wait

Derivation: from H6117 (עָקַב) in its denominative sense;

KJV Usage: heel (by mistake for H6119 (עָקֵב)).

TWOT Reference: 1676b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) overreacher, supplanter

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָקֵב (a.qev) — supplanting. overreacher, supplanter

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · עקב

heel, hoof = the back part of the foot of humans and animals below the ankle

GEN 3:15 · GEN 25:26 · GEN 49:17 · JDG 5:22 · JOB 18:9

Unfaithful | verb hif

Collocation: גדל עֵקֶב

to cheat?, to deceive?, to supplant?, to slander? meaning unsure; literally: to enlarge (one's) heel; hence, possibly: = action by which humans take advantage of other humans, often by bending the truth

PSA 41:10

Enemies

deceiver, persecutor, enemy = person who takes advantage of other people

PSA 49:6

| noun m pl

genitals literally: heels; hence: = euphemistic expression denoting the reproductive organs

JER 13:22

Impact | noun m pl

footprint, track literally: heels; hence: = the impressions left by a foot or shoe on the ground

PSA 77:20 · SNG 1:8

Act

footstep, behavior literally: heels; hence: = action by which humans put one foot before the other in order to move forward; ≈ used figuratively to denote someone's journey through life

PSA 56:7 · PSA 89:52

Soldiers

rearguard literally: heel (of an army); hence: = soldiers at the rear of a body of troops

GEN 49:19 · JOS 8:13

Steve Berneking

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָקֵב adj.verb. overreacher, ψ 49:6 ref

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